Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari (1 August 1932 – 31 March 1972), born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian film actress and poet. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema. During a career spanning 30 years from her childhood to her death, she starred in more than ninety films, many of which have achieved classic and cult status today. She is regarded as one of the geatest Hindi movie actresses of all time.

Kumari gained a reputation for playing grief-stricken and tragic roles, and her performances have been praised and reminisced throughout the years. Like one of her best-known roles, Chhoti Bahu, in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Kumari became addicted to alcohol. Her life and prosperous career were marred by heavy drinking, troubled relationships, an ensuing deteriorating health, and her death from liver cirrhosis in 1972. Kumari is often cited by media and literary sources as "The Tragedy Queen", both for her frequent portrayal of sorrowful and dramatic roles in her films and her real-life story.

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari (1 August 1932 – 31 March 1972), born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian film actress and poet. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema. During a career spanning 30 years from her childhood to her death, she starred in more than ninety films, many of which have achieved classic and cult status today. She is regarded as one of the geatest Hindi movie actresses of all time.

Kumari gained a reputation for playing grief-stricken and tragic roles, and her performances have been praised and reminisced throughout the years. Like one of her best-known roles, Chhoti Bahu, in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Kumari became addicted to alcohol. Her life and prosperous career were marred by heavy drinking, troubled relationships, an ensuing deteriorating health, and her death from liver cirrhosis in 1972. Kumari is often cited by media and literary sources as "The Tragedy Queen", both for her frequent portrayal of sorrowful and dramatic roles in her films and her real-life story.

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Patna, Dec 18.)&nbsp;A school in Bihar's Vaishali district has been alleged to have been segregating student based on religion and caste that has prompted the government to launch an inquiry ...School PrincipalMeenaKumari, though, said such arrangements of segregation were made to ensure smooth working and implementation of different schemes ... ....

Patna. A school in Bihar’s Vaishali district has allegedly been segregating students based on religion and caste. This&nbsp; has prompted the government to launch an inquiry ...School PrincipalMeenaKumari, however, said such arrangements of segregation were made to ensure smooth working and implementation of different schemes ... ....

Kirodi LalMeena, who rejoined the BJP in March this year after a 10 year hiatus, was expected to swing the Meena votes in BJP’s favour in the Rajasthan assembly election ... On the Sawai Madhoupr seat from where Diya Kumari defeated Meena in 2013, Meena opposed a ticket for her and gave the ticket to AshaMeena who lost by over 25,000 votes....

Not many know that he formed a successful team with late actor MeenaKumari, with whom he worked in seven films ... However, what was certain was that MeenaKumari helped him establish himself as a romantic hero in an era dominated by triumvirate of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev ......

Veteran actor Dharmendra is often called the original He-Man of Bollywood. But the actor says he has never felt the trappings of an image and has tried to become someone new every time he’s seen on the big screen ... I don't believe I have an image,” he says ... It was apparently MeenaKumari who convinced Dharmendra to go shirtless in Phool Aur Patthar ... ... ....

ActressJuhi Parmar, who was in Varanasi for the promotion of her teleshow 'Tantra,' spent some time on the Assi Ghat to be part of the mahayagya organised to give an auspicious start to the show ...Kumkum... The show, in which I was nominated for being a MeenaKumari, for the same show I was nominated in the Best Actor in a Comic role category ... ....

ActressJuhi Parmar, who was in Varanasi for the promotion of her teleshow 'Tantra,' spent some time on the Assi Ghat to be part of the mahayagya organised to give an auspicious start to the show ... The show, in which I was nominated for being a MeenaKumari, for the same show I was nominated in the Best Actor in a Comic role category ... Shaadi.com ... 3000....

Even a cursory list draws up scores of films based on Bengali originals ...Cinematic invention ... Barua and Pashupati Chatterjee respectively ... Perceived differences ... In Gulzar’s otherwise well-intentioned film, an entire batch of young FTII graduates as disaffected youth, and a powder-haired MeenaKumari, all come across as strangely anachronistic ... .......